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Originally Posted by willravel
That's just begging for a long, probably partison argument. All I will suggest is that it is possible that our reason for beeing in Iraq has nothing to do with careing for or helping those who were and still are oppressed.
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Is it not possible supporters of the original action had a variety of pet reasons? I'll also avoid a hijack, but we should all do our best to avoid partisan talking points which get us nowhere but ears deep in sand. (Unintentional, but I'm leaving it.  )
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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